GreenCarnation is a progressive rock or "art rock" band from Kristiansand, Norway. Formed in 1990 by former Music/{{Emperor}} bass player Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort), before Tchort joined Emperor. GreenCarnation didn't record their first album, ''Journey to the End of the Night'', a folk-inspired doom metal album, until 1999. Their music became less and less heavy as time went on, starting out as plain doom metal and death metal, and gradually becoming lighter and more like progressive rock. In 2006, they released ''Acoustic Verses'', an entirely acoustic album.

Their song "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" is known as one of the longest songs in metal history.

After 2007, the band ceased touring due to a poorly organised tour which lost the band a substantial amount of money, and Tchort claimed the band would probably never tour again. However, the band resumed playing live in 2014.

They are currently working on a new album, ''The Rise and Fall of Mankind'', which does not have an official release date yet. They have also produced a demo album in 1991 called ''Hallucinations of Despair'', a box set ''The Trilogy'' in 2004, and two live [=DVDs=], ''Alive and Well... In Krakow'' in 2004 and ''A Night Under the Dam'' (live in the Norwegian mountains) in 2007.

[[AC:This band may exhibit the following tropes:]]* BilingualBonus: "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" begins with a child speaking in Norwegian.* BookEnds: ''Light of Day, Day of Darkness'' begins and ends with a child talking.* EpicRocking:** Their song "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" is one of the best examples of this trope, clocking in at an impressive 60:06. Yes, it's a ''single track'', and it makes up the entirety of the album from which it comes. What's even more impressive is that they sometimes perform the song in its entirety during live shows.** ''Journey to the End of the Night'': "In the Realm of the Midnight Sun" (13:42), "My Dark Reflections of Life and Death" (17:50), "Under Eternal Stars" (15:31), "Journey to the End of the Night (Part I)" (11:28)** ''A Blessing in Disguise'': "Lullaby in Winter" (7:49), "The Boy in the Attic" (7:13), "Rain" (8:06).** ''The Quiet Offspring'': "When I Was You" (7:22).** ''The Acoustic Verses'': "High Tide Waves" (7:50), "9-29-045" (15:30; contains three movements, in the best tradition of ProgressiveRock).* IAmTheBand: Tchort was the only member of the band from 2007 to 2014.* LongTitle: ''Light of Day, Day of Darkness'' and nearly all of the titles on ''Journey to the End of the Night''.* ProgressiveMetal: On most of their material.* ProgressiveRock: On ''The Acoustic Verses''* ShoutOut:** "Light of Day, Day of Darkness," a 60 minute long progressive opus, contains a reference to "the edge of sanity." Music/EdgeOfSanity had previously released their own 40 minute long prog opus, ''Crimson''.** ''Journey to the End of the Night'' is named after a [[Literature/JourneyToTheEndOfTheNight novel]] by Louis-Ferdinand Celine.* SopranoAndGravel: There are both deep, growly voices and high, female soprano voices in "Light of Day, Day of Darkness", though they don't actually duet with each other.----